Hundreds of peaceful anti-coup protesters were "barricaded" by Myanmar security forces in apartment buildings in Yangon on Monday, the United Nations (UN) secretary-general said, calling for their release "without violence or arrests".The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since a 1 February coup ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and triggered mass protests against the new military junta.The police and military have responded with an increasingly brutal crac

Hein Yar Zar grimaced as a tattoo artist etched onto his chest the features of his first love, a young protester whose death has become a symbol of resistance against Myanmar's junta.Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing was shot in the head during a demonstration in the capital Naypyidaw, becoming one of the coup's first fatalities on 19 February after 10 days in the hospital.Her image has since become synonymous with the bloody fight to wrest power from the military, which toppled Myanmar&#039

A number of people have begun escaping the turmoil in Myanmar into India, some of them police refusing to take part in the violent crackdown on protests against a military coup there, officials and reports said.Myanmar's junta ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on 1 February, triggering a mass uprising that the military has responded to with increasingly lethal force.

One month ago, in Myanmar, protesters against the military coup gathered around the United States (US) embassy in Yangon. They called on President Joe Biden to make the generals go back to their barracks and free Aung San Suu Kyi from detention. Her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), won a big victory in the 2020 general election, which is why the generals, afraid of losing their privileges, seized power. But is the US embassy the best place to protest?

Another anti-coup protester was shot dead in Myanmar on Friday as a United Nations (UN) envoy urged the Security Council to hear the nation's "desperate pleas" and take swift action to restore democracy.Despite an increasingly brutal crackdown by the military authorities that has seen more than 50 people killed, protesters took to the streets again in towns around the country to denounce the 1 February coup.In Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, hundreds of engineers

Kyal Sin always let her clothes do the talking - at one Myanmar anti-coup rally, she taped a sign onto the back of her black jacket: "We need democracy. Justice for Myanmar.

At least 38 people died Wednesday in the "bloodiest" day of Myanmar's crisis, the United Nations (UN) said, as the military junta defied growing international condemnation of its coup with a violent crackdown that the United States (US) said left it "appalled and revulsed."Myanmar has been in turmoil since 1 February when the military ousted and detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ending the nation's decade-long experiment with democracy and sparking daily

Britain has called for the United Nations (UN) Security Council to meet Friday on Myanmar, diplomatic sources told the media, as security forces have steadily stepped up their use of violence against anti-coup demonstrators in the Southeast Asian nation.Authorities fired live rounds and tear gas at protesters again on Tuesday, leaving at least three people critically injured as international pressure has grown since the military's 1 February ouster of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.The

Ousted Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was hit with two new criminal charges in a court appearance via video link on Monday, one month after a military coup triggered relentless mass protests.Suu Kyi has not been seen in public since being detained on 1 February, and her court appearance came as demonstrators marched across the country defying an escalation of deadly force by the junta.At least 18 people were killed Sunday as troops and police fired at demonstrators in cities across

Myanmar security forces opened fire on protestors Sunday, killing at least eight in the bloodiest action so far to smother opposition to the military coup four weeks ago.The junta is battling to contain a massive street movement demanding it yield power and release ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with top political allies at the start of the month.Sunday brought a significant escalation in force, with fatal shootings of protesters in at least four cities around